Definition of Nonvascular

1. a. Destitute of vessels; extravascular.

Definition of Nonvascular

1. Adjective. not vascular ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonvascular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Nonvascular

1. Destitute of vessels; extravascular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonvascular

nonvampire
nonvampires
nonvanadium
nonvanishing
nonvaporous
nonvariant
nonvariants
nonvariational
nonvariceal
nonvaricose
nonvariegated
nonvarnished
nonvarsity
nonvarying
nonvascular (current term)
nonvascular organism
nonvascular plant
nonvascularized
nonvasoactive
nonvector
nonvectorizable
nonvectorized
nonvectors
nonvegan
nonvegans
nonvegetable
nonvegetarian
nonvegetarians
nonvehicular

Literary usage of Nonvascular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1870)
"However nonvascular in appearance, a polypus should not be removed by the ... No tumour could have appeared more decidedly nonvascular than the one which I ..."

2. A Treatise on Surgery by Timothy Holmes (1875)
"Grey or miliary tubercle is 'a greyish-white, translucent nonvascular body of firm consistence and well-defined spherical outline, usually about the size of ..."

3. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"There is a parallelism between the cerebral cavities and articular cavities in so far as both possess a nonvascular (ependyma, cartilage) and a vascular ..."

4. On the diseases and injuries of the joints by Thomas Bryant (1859)
"The difference as to the mode of nutrition between what are called vascular and nonvascular tissues (to which latter division articular cartilages belong) ..."

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